Major-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his un
Admiral Sir Peter Warren, c. 1751
William Johnson negotiating with a Mohawk chief. History of the City of New York, 1896.
General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian by Benjamin West
Johnson, in green, is depicted in Benjamin West's iconic painting The Death of General Wolfe, although he was not present at the event.
Molly Brant, also known as Mary Brant, Konwatsi'tsiaienni, and Degonwadonti, was a Mohawk leader in British New York and Upper Canada in the era of the American Revolution. Living in the Province of N
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
…stories that he slept with innumerable Mohawk women." In his will, Johnson acknowledged children by German woman Catherine Weisenberg and Mohawk woman Molly Brant, with whom he had long-term consensual relationships. He implicitly acknowledged several other children by unnamed mothers. In 1739, shortly after…
"The Three Faces of Molly Brant" (Iroquois, European, Loyalist): 1986 design used by Canada Post in a commemorative postage stamp
Joseph Brant, Molly's younger brother, in 1786
Johnson Hall, Molly Brant's home from 1763 to 1774
Indian Castle Church is the only building still standing that was associated with the Mohawk at Canajoharie. It was erected in 1769 by Sir William Johnson on land donated by Molly and her brother Joseph Brant.